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Toronto Portrait Photographer || HEARTshots || Black + White Photography

Memoirs and musings of Darius Bashar. Toronto portrait photographer and writer, in pursuit of all things real, raw and intimate. 

Naked Podcast With Steve Ballantyne

Here’s how the SoftMen Podcast works…

  1. We start out fully clothed.

  2. We set a timer for 15 minutes.

  3. Exactly when the alarm goes off, we both get fully naked.

On camera. No matter where we are in the conversation. And that’s when something shifts.

When two men are all of the sudden naked in each other’s presence, it’s as if the walls we had between us can’t be held up. Even if we’re both in different rooms. Even if no one can actually see our goods.

I’ve only done 3 naked SoftMen podcasts, but every time we got naked the conversation totally changes. We go deeper. We get more vulnerable. We connect more sincerely. 

This is episode 02 of The SoftMen Podcast with Steve Ballantyne. 

I know Steve in real life, he’s a good friend of mine. I was pleasantly surprised by how much Steve shared about his personal life and specifically his relationship with his penis. This podcast felt like the REAL Steve.

Deep gratitude brother. Thank you for showing up. 

PS: If you are interested in being on the SoftMen Podcast or being photographed for the SoftMen Book you can apply for both at www.SoftMen.art.

On today's naked podcast, I talk to Steve Ballantyne about our SoftMen photoshoot in 3 days. We also got into a juicy conversation about Penis Wellness, masterbastion without ejaculation and many other deep and hilarious conversations.